Holiday Wallpaper from WordPress.com

December 21, 2010

Matt Miklic

Last year we started a little tradition, commissioning an illustration to give away as desktop wallpaper during the holidays. This year, Spanish artist Gary Fernández has created a wintry forest scene filled with curious characters who have great taste in blogging platforms.

Friends in the southern hemisphere, we love you too, but if you haven’t already noticed, we really have a thing for snow. We hope you enjoy — and happy holidays from all of us at Automattic!

A tip: Choose an image larger than your screen size, and set the position to “center” or “fill screen” (not “stretch”). For smartphones and tablets, we recommend only using the background image on your lock screen, so it doesn’t interfere with your icons.

If you were a fan of last year’s illustration, you can find it in this post.

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Thanks from OZ. Great artwork for the wallpaper. Though it is hot and a bit wet here this Christmas, we kind of like the snow themes too. Cheers to WordPress and bloggers all over the world from the land down under. James Aspin – RMO @ Griffith International

Ferreting out last year’s illustration ( I was not a WordPresser last year) I was amazed by the pleasing harmony of its colours and I thought to myself how wisely you anticipate the bloggers’ needs and desires according to their tastes.
My best wishes for a prosperous New Year

It’s a beautiful design but, have you ever thought of us, Southern Hemisphere people? We have NO snow for Christmas but sun and warm weather. It would be great if anyone thought of a “flip-flop christmas”…
Anyway, merry x’mas everyone!